Relief work pressed in N C after hurricane devastates coast
North Carolina relief teams push into a hundred mile lowland stretch after a tropical hurricane. Fifteen dead and many missing amid millions in damage. Red Cross crews report starvation and disease risk, with Cedar Island and Ocracoke hardest hit. Coast guard helps, dismissing no major disasters.
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New Bern
N. C
North Carolina Sound
Red Cross
Semiresort
Betwenn
Cedar Island
Barrier Reef
Elizabeth City
American Red Cross
Coast Guard
Manteo
Dare County
Virginia Dare
America
Ocracoke
Alleo
James Hamilton
Dale
North Carolina
Hatteras Shoals
Atlantic
Freida May Carraway
Freida
Neighbor's Mower Passes To Carl In Quirky Exchange
A humorous local note tells how Carl Sciara, who mowed his neighbor's lawn all summer, learns the neighbor will move away yet hands over the borrowed mower. Other vignettes include midnights meals, sunglasses for sun, a storefront painted gold, an NRA blue eagle at a church, and TuLane law student Alwine Mulhearn.
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Carl Sciara
Solara
Carl
Two States Vote on Repeal of Prohibition
Idaho and New Mexico voted on repealing the 18th amendment as part of a national wave. Analysts say wets would need five more states to push repeal, with Congress considering new liquor taxes to curb bootlegging after repeal.
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United Press
Idaho
New Mexico
Washington
William E. Borah
Virginia
Florida
Ohio
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Utah
Kentucky
Strikes Patchwork Industrial Picture Across U S
Industrial trouble continues with actions in Brockton Mass Pennsylvan ia and New Jersey as workers in shoes coal silk underwear and other sectors walk out. Senator Wagner appeals for restraint urging mutual concessions and peaceful settlement before the labor board amid uncertainty over the coal code's operation and Frick Coke company’s stance. Iowa miners also strike delaying talks.
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Associated Press
Brockton
Mass
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Long Branch
Ont
New York
Jersey City
Can Company
Brooklyn
Cleaners
Dyers
Cape Cor
Robert F. Wagner
National Labor Board
Roosevelt
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Iowa
Devil slaying trial opens for Coy Oakley in Texas
In Sulphur Springs Texas testimony began in the trial of Coy Oakley one of two itinerant preacher brothers charged in the December death of Bernice Clayton a 3 year old invalid near Linden Investigators say the child died during rites to drive out the devil and her illness was infantile paralysis witnesses from Hopkins County testified about the brothers conduct and claims of supernatural power
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Sulphur Springs
Tex
Coy Oakley
Bernice Clayton
Linden
Texas
Hopkins County
Oakley
East
Paul Oakley
Fractured Skull Fatal Boxer's Bout Claims Life
Sioux City Iowa September 19 Whitlow Birdsall a 27 year old welterweight boxer from Lincoln Nebraska died in a Sioux City hospital from a basal skull fracture suffered in a bout with Bud Lymer of Sioux City. Birdsall was knocked out in the last round of a four round prelim and struck his head on the ring boards. Coroner William Kingston ruled the death an accident and ordered a post mortem to determine the exact cause.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Whitlow Birdsall
Pists
Neb
Bud Lymer
Birdsall
William Kingston
Edwardsville Kidnap Case Admits Anticipated Statements
In Edwardsville Illinois on September 19 the court ruled that statements by six defendants on trial for kidnapping August Luer a wealthy Alton banker will be admitted as testimony to show their participation in the abduction. Judge D H Mudge presided.
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Edwardsville
Ill
August Luer
Alton
D. H. Mudge
Death mystery in New Orleans hotel linked to Nashville executive
Police probe the death of Sheffield Clark of Nashville Tennessee found with head wounds in a bloodstained hotel room. Assistant Coroner Hauser said clubbing with a sharp instrument likely caused death with the body found by maids. Clark registered Saturday and was identified through business correspondence.
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New Orleans
Sheffield Clark
Nashville
Tenn
George H. Hauser
Clark
Kidnapping Trial Opens Over Urschel Abduction Case
U S Attorney Herbert K Hyde outlined the government's version of the Urschel kidnapping in Oklahoma City. Defendants including Harvey Bailey and Albert Bates face the Lindbergh law with a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. Attorneys challenged the opening statements as argumentative as the trial began.
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Oklahoma City
Herbert K. Hyde
United States
Charles F. Urschel
Hyde
Harvey Bailey
Albert Bates
Ben H. Laska
Denver
Bates
Urschel
Edgar
Long Tries Whip to Curb Tax Reformers
This article analyzes Senator Huey P. Long’s opposition to a tax relief report in Louisiana. It suggests his action aimed to shield patronage networks and preserve state machinery, noting no criticism of the commission’s actual work and praising its energy before backing away.
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Long
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Senator Long
Supervisor May Lose Out
Rumor in Baton Rouge says Miss Alice Lee Grosjean faces pressured resignation as supervisor of public accounts amid criticism from state reform groups and newspapers. If she quits, aide W A Cooper may depart. he earns 4500 annually, higher than two constitutional officers.
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Baton Rouge
Alice Lee Grosjean
Louisiana Taxpayers’ Association
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission
Allen
Miss Grosjean
W. A. Cooper
Cooper
Retail Charter Main Objective of Gen Johnson
The article details Hugh S. Johnson pushing for a master retail code covering thousands of stores and millions of workers with a 10 percent retail price ceiling over wholesale costs. Roosevelt signs coal code, signs and edits parts of the retail proposal, removing a labor provision connected to section 7A.
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Gen. Johnson
Washington
NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
Roosevelt
Johnson
Guste to Head Louisiana Emergency Relief Committee
William J. Guste of New Orleans is set to chair the Louisiana Emergency Relief Administration's executive committee. Elizabeth Wisner Tu lane University professor and Nicholas Bauer superintendent of schools will join the panel. Aubrey Williams of the federal relief administration disclosed the appointments in a letter to Governor Allen. The government will finance relief without state aid and an executive director will be sent to Louisiana to supervise the effort.
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New Orleans
William J. Guste
Louisiana Emergency Relief Administration
Elizabeth Wisner
Tulane University
Nicholas Bauer
O. K. Allen
Aubrey Williams
Federal Relief Administration
Louisiana
Charles A. Stair
Robert S. Maestri
Williams
France Willing to Trade Wine to U S for Cotton
James E Smither man an oil dealer from Shreveport Louisiana and member of the public works advisory board says the French government would trade wine for 5 000 000 bales of U S cotton. He reports France is ready to negotiate a trade treaty focusing on cotton and wine if the 18th amendment is repealed.
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Fort Worth
Tex
U.P
United States
James E. Smitherman
Shreveport
France
Smitherman
Public Works Advisory Board For
Louisiana
Fall Proves Fatal for 8 Year Old at Algiers Playground
Harold Stevens, an eight year old pupil, died after falling from a trapeze on a school playground in Algiers New Orleans. He struck his head from a height of about five feet, the fall occurring today.
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New Orleans
Harold Stevens
Algiers
Cuban rebel captain Blas takes field as Grau San Martin faces opposition
In Cuba a rebel captain known as the Cuban Sandino, Juan Blas Hernandez, leads insurgents after leaving Havana with 100 to 300 armed followers. Provisional President Ramon Grau San Martin faces demands for resignation while troops and students chase Blas toward Santa Clara and Havana region.
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Camaguey
Juan Blas Hernandez
Sandino
Blas
Gerardo Machado
Carlos Mendieta
Augustino
Nicaragua
Interior
Guiteras
Captain Blas
Moron
Ramon Grau San Martin
Gran San Martin
Santa Clara
General Machado
Machado
Grau San Martin
Group of Women Attack Preacher in Jonesboro Tabernacle
In Jonesboro Arkansas a new minister Rev Doc Applegate tried to preach at the Baptist Tabernacle but was assaulted by 15 to 20 women allied with the Joe Jeffers faction who seized him, tore off suspenders and part of his shirt before he fled the pulpit.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Joe Jeffers
Tabernacle
Applegate
Delta Gins Engage in Cottonseed Price War
A cottonseed price war spread among Delta gins with seed rising from 14 to 22 23 dollars a ton at Clarksdale Indianola Ruleville and Drew. Drew initiated the first boost with increases reaching a $25 extreme before settling around 22.
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Clarksdale
Miss
Indianola
Ruleville
Drew
Secretary Wallace Accused Of Running Out On Cotton Delegates
Washington delegates from the cotton states vented anger at Secretary Wallace during a hearing with George N. Peek. They claimed Wallace avoided a personal audience with President Roosevelt and criticized his handling of a $10 million appropriation for the department.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
Resolutions Committee
J. S. Wannamaker
American Cotton Association
Thomas Linder
Atlanta
Talmadge
Georgia
Linder
Wannamaker
George N. Peek
White House
Peck
Nero
Rome
Fulmer
South Carolina
Peek
South
Poeek
NRA
Bankhead
Alabama
Rogers Has His Say in Beverly Hills Letter
A Beverly Hills correspondent dated September 19 discusses oil business hopes and a movie scene with an Osage Indian. The writer contrasts Osage status with Cherokee, notes Rolls Royce trailers, and references French diplomacy regarding gold. The tone is reflective and satirical.
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Cal
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